Rug display rack



Patented May 25, 1937 UNITED STATES PATENT lorries' RUG DISPLAY RACK n A Walter H. Bosserman, Winchester, Va.

Application October 7, 1936 Serial No. 104,511

My present invention relates to an improved sectional rack which while adapted for supporting various types of articles, is especially designed for use in supporting oor coverings, as

rolled rugs, carpets &c..in upright position, for

display or for other purposes. The sectional rack may be employed as a wall rack and mounted on or attached to the face of the wall of a store; it may be mounted upon a portable stand located upon the floor of a sales room or sales department; or the rack may be mounted upon any other suitable support, in desired position for displaying the goods.

In carrying out my invention I provide for various sizes of sectional and extensible racks, which racks are made up of standardized units, or yokes, that are interchangeable, and these units, preferably, are manufactured from sheet metal at comparatively low cost of production, and because of the standardized sizes and shapes of the units they may be compactly nested in small space for storing and shipping. The parts of the rack may with facility `be assembled, and the rack erected without necessity for employment of skilled labor and without the use of special tools,

and when completed and in use the rack occupies a comparatively small space.

The length of the rack is governed by the utilization of a desired number of sections, and when the rugs are to stand erect as in a row, on a floor platform and against'a wall as contemplated in the drawing, the upper ends of the rugs are conned in the rack, and they are readily accessible for inspection, or for display in making a sale.

In the accompanying drawing, for convenience of illustration I have shown a rack comprising three sections only, but it will be understood that the length of the rack may be extended by the use of additional sections to the number desired. The invention consists in certain novel combinations and arrangements of parts as will hereinafter be more fully set forth and claimed. The drawing illustrates one complete example of the physical embodiment of my invention, but it Will be understood that changes and alterations may be made in these exemplifying structures, within the scope of my appended claims, without departing from the principles of the invention.

Figure 1 is a top plan view of the rack, attached to a horizontal bar, which may be a wooden wall-strip, or it may be the horizontal bar of a portable iioor stand, and in the latter instance a second rack may be mounted on the unoccupied side of the bar, if desired.y

Figure 2 is a face View of the rack of Figure 1, one of the confining chains being unlatched to permit withdrawal of a rug.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of one of the two interchangeable end-brackets used as part of the rack. Y

Figure 4 is a perspective View of one of the interchangeable yoke-sections of the rack.

Figure 5 is a detail sectional view as at line 5 5 of Figure 1.

In the assembly Views of Figures 1 and 2, a wood-strip I is indicated as the supportV for the rack, and as before stated this strip may be attached in horizontal position to the face of a wall at a suitable height, or the strip may be a horizontal bar of a stationary floor-stand, ora portable floor-stand.

In carrying out my invention I provide a pair of interchangeable end-brackets, as 2 and 3 which are preferably stamped from sheet metal, and each of these brackets is fashioned with an inner vertical flange 4, which flange is provided with a single screw hole or bolt hole Ill, and a screw or bolt 5 is employed to attach these spaced endbrackets to the support I. Each of the brackets is also fashioned with an outer vertical flange E, which, as seen in Figure 3, is provided with two vertically spaced bolt holes Ill.

Between the two spaced end-brackets 2 and 3 are arranged a series of interchangeable U- shaped yokes or sections 1, also provided with centrally located screw holes I0 for the screws 5 that enter the wood support I. These interchangeable U-shaped yokes or sections, which also are preferably stamped from sheet metal by proper machine tools, are likewise provided with a pair of end vertical anges, as 8 and 9, which as shown are alined, and they project laterally, in opposite directions from the yokes, leaving the latter open at their front ends to receive the upper ends of the rolled rugs or carpets.

Each of the flanges 8 and 9 are fashioned with a pair of vertically spaced bolt holes I0, IIJ, and the upper one of each pair of holes is designed to receive a bolt II which passes through two registering holes I0, and a nut I2 is used to clamp the overlapping flanges 8 and 9 ofthe adjoining yokes.

In the erection of the rack, preferably one of the end-brackets, as the left one 3 in Figure l,

is first attached by a screw 5 in place, and then the yokes are successively added, working from left to right in Figure l, until the desired number of yokes are in place, and then the right endbracket 2 is attached to complete the rack.

It will be apparent that the flange 8 of the first yoke is bolted to the overlapping flange 6 of the end-bracket by means of one of the bolts II and the nut I2. The lower portions of the overlapping flanges B and 8 are secured together by means of an angular bolt I3 having a head I4 on its threaded portion, which portion passes through two registering holes I0, I in the flanges Ei and 8, and a nut I is used on the bolt I3 to clamp the flanges rigidly together.

The successive yokes or sections of the racks are added and their overlapping flanges on adjoining yokes are bolted together, and each section or yoke is also fastened by a screw 5 to the support I. In this arrangement of the interchangeable end-brackets and of the interchangeable yokes or sections, it will be apparent that each individual yoke is fastened to the support, thus distributing the weight of the rack on the support and insuring a rigidly supported, permanent xture. The overlapping flanges of the brackets and yokes, and the overlapping flanges on adjoining yokes, when bolted together at the two vertically spaced points, provide for a comparatively light-weight rack that is rigidly reinforced to insure stability and strength.

The upright portions of the spaced bolts I3 are utilized to support confining chains, or flexible latches, as I6, and each of these chains has a pair of end rings or looped links as I'I and I8, one of which is slipped over a bolt I3, and then the other end-ring is slipped over an adjoining bolt I3, as indicated in Figures 1 and 2, to coniine the upper parts of the rugs in the rack.

As thus described and illustrated it will be apparent that I have provided a rack that is economical in cost of production; which may be sold at a comparatively low price; which may be assembled with facility; and which is eiiicient in the performance of its functions.

I claim:

1. A sectional, extensible, rack comprising spaced interchangeable end-brackets, a row of intermediate U-shaped yokes open at their front ends and having overlapping front anges, complementary flanges on the spaced endbrackets lapping flanges on adjoining yokes, and means for rigidly fastening together the lapped fianges.

2. A sectional, extensible, rack for attachment to a horizontally disposed support, comprising spaced interchangeable end-brackets and a front and rear flange on each end-bracket, a row of intermediate, interchangeable, yokes, the rear flange of each end-bracket and each of said yokes having an attaching screw passed through an opening, and said screws threaded in the support, said yokes having lapped flanges and said end-brackets having their front iianges lapped by a yoke flange, and means for rigidly fastening together the lapped anges.

3. A sectional, extensible, rack comprising interchangeable end-brackets each having a front and a rear flange, a row of interchangeable yokes having lapped flanges, the two outermost yokes of the row having flanges lapped with flanges of adjoining yokes, and means for fastening together the lapped flanges.

4. A sectional, extensible, rack comprising spaced, flanged end-brackets and intermediate U-shaped yokes having alined end iianges, the anges of adjoining yokes being lapped and the outer fianges of the outermost yokes being lapped in relation to adjoining anged end-brackets, bolts rigidly fastening together the upper portions of the lapped iianges, and angular bolts fastening together the lower portions of the lapped flanges, said angular bolts performing the functions of hooks, and conning chains having l' their end links slipped over adjoining hooks.

5. A sectional, extensible rack comprising a pair of spaced end-brackets having attaching flanges and screws fastening said anges to a support, a row of intermediate U-shaped yokes each having an opening and a screw in each opening for attaching a yoke to the support, said yokes having lapped iianges, said end-brackets having outer flanges and the two end yokes having complementary outer flanges, a bolt fastening together the upper ends of each pair of lapped flanges, an angular bolt fastening together the lower portions of each pair of lapped flanges, and conning chains suspended between each pair of adjoining angular bolts.

WALTER H. BOSSERMAN. 

